Las Vegas - Penn and Teller

They were bad.

Had the misfortune to see them last week and I couldn't believe how lame the act was.
A couple of reasonable tricks padded out to an hour and a half with huge amounts of tired waffle by the fat feller who seems to be suffering from some sort of respiratory problem because I couldn't hear half of what he said and the other half didn't get even as much as a titter from the audience.
No sets,no support - nothing more than a crappy nightclub act in a half-empty big theatre.
They might as well have 'phoned in their act.
BUT - I do recommend Happy Hour ( 4-7pm ) at Bally's Tequila Bar.
Massive tequila drinks at four bucks a throw with free nachos and dips plus an excellent guitarist performing.
A rare bargain in Vegas !

That's pretty sad. I last saw them about, oh, five to seven years ago. Had high expectations going in because I saw a good skit of theirs on Late Night or Tonight Show but boy was the show bad. A recent post somewhere indicated the show was pretty good so I thought they improved their show but I guess not.

Sorry you didn't enjoy it - I saw them last time year and really enjoyed it. Cheap tickets are often available from the half price tickets booth, and it was a true "penn and teller" style show. Might not be to everyone's taste though.

We got a discount code for the 3 of us and saw them on Dec 30 last year. We all really enjoyed it. Sorry you had a bad time.

I saw them in July with two friends and we all had a good time.

I've seen their Vegas show at the Rio three times and loved it each time.

To each his/her own.

I've seen their Vegas show at the Rio three times and loved it each time.


Is it the same show each year?

I've seen the show twice, about 1 year apart, and it was about 1\2 of the same stuff, and 1\2 new stuff. I enjoyed it :)

Is it the same show each year?

Since the show is a bunch of "skits" and "bits" they usually turn over a few of them every few months. The shows I saw were about 40% the same. I had seen them previously when they were touring (back in the late 90's) twice and some bits I'd only seen once across the five shows and some I'd seen several times (some of them I love so much I would hate not to see in any show, like the rose and the shadow bit).

They are much like Monty Python: twisted intellectual humor. You love them or hate them. I've seen the show a dozen times (and in fact we are personal friends) and never get tired of it. For a more traditional magic show I recomment Lance Burton, but I've always been a huge P&T fan.

QL